Comparing the health state preferences of older persons, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals: a vignette study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey-Minimum Dataset (TOPICS-MDS) collects uniform information from research projects funded under the Dutch National Care for the Elderly Programme. To compare the effectiveness of these projects a preference-weighted outcome measure that combined multidimensional TOPICS-MDS outcomes into a composite endpoint (TOPICS-CEP) was developed based on the health state preferences of older persons and informal caregivers.

Objectives

To derive preference weights for TOPICS-CEP's components based on health state preferences of healthcare professionals and to investigate whether these weights differ between disciplines and differ from those of older persons and informal caregivers.

Materials and methods

Vignette studies wer

SUBMITTER: Hofman CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4349801 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature